What's your thoughts or prejudices on fanfiction, writers or readers?

I keep noticing that many people either hide the fact they enjoy fanfiction or that many people talk crap about it.So I want to hear what you think? Why that is, have you tried writing or reading any? Do you know any that enjoys fanfiction?

I really enjoy fanfiction myself, both reading and writing, although I am fully aware that there are a lot of bad ones out there.For me, I also use it to practice getting better at writing, while enjoying a universe and characters you love.

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I read and write copious amounts of fanfic. Writing is a craft, fanfiction writers are better than a lot of real published authors I've read and they're posting their 500k novels they wrote in their spare time online for no profit.

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Obviously there's a shit ton of bad ones out there, but there are also good ones. As an amateur writer, I actually like writing fanfiction of a sort. I usually write a story that takes in an established universe (Halo, or Maze Runner for example), but write an original story with my own characters and plots. I feel like when that's done, there can be some pretty cool stories

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I don't understand those that follow the original story almost completely.

I'm more into stories that keep the character, have their own plot and either make something in an alternative universe or in the original universe.